HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL OF ONTARIO
B E T W E E N:
Craig Charette
Applicant
-and-
Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario as represented by the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Legal Aid Ontario
Respondents
DECISION
Adjudicator: Geneviève Debané
Decision Date: May 14, 2015
Citation: 2015 HRTO 634
Indexed as: Charette v. Ontario (Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services)
1The applicant filed an Application under s. 34 of the Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19 as amended, on January 14, 2015. In the Application the applicant provided a mailing address and an e-mail address as his contact information.
2On March 12, 2015 the Tribunal advised the applicant that all of the documents that were sent to him to his mailing address were returned to the Tribunal and marked “return to sender”. The respondent Ministry provided an alternate mailing address for the applicant. However, the Tribunal was advised by the respondent on March 16, 2015 that the applicant was no longer at that address since March 3, 2015.
3On March 17, 2015, the Tribunal sent another letter to the applicant via email which states in part “The Applicant is reminded that it is your responsibility to keep the HRTO and the parties informed of your current contact information. Please advise the HRTO and the Respondent of your current mailing address as soon as possible.” The applicant did not respond to this email.
4On April 20, 2015, the Tribunal sent to the email address provided by the applicant an email which states in part:
Within seven (7) days of the date of this email you are directed to provide the following to the HRTO and the parties:
Confirmation that you intend to proceed with your Application
Your position and any submissions with respect to the February 23, 2015 NOID, and
A current, complete, and accurate mailing address through which documents can be sent to you.
If you do not confirm your intention to proceed with this Application within seven (7) days of the date of this email, the HRTO may consider your failure to respond as an abandonment of your Application and dismiss the Application for that reason.
5To date, the applicant has not responded to any of these correspondences and the time for doing so has passed. Further, I note that in his Application the applicant indicated that he could correspond by email with the Tribunal and that indeed it was his preferred method of communication.
6In the circumstances, the applicant is deemed to have abandoned the Application.
7The Application is dismissed.
Dated at Toronto, this 14th day of May, 2015
“Signed by”
Geneviève Debané
Vice-chair